ARCHELON, The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece. Kyparissia Project 2016
Thank you all for an amazing summer with ARCHELON.
This video is just a fraction of this amazing experience of the hatching season, and I wish we could show every single person in this.
I love you all!
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Music: Sia - Cheap Thrills
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Footage: Karolina Zarzyczny and Matthew Taylor
Editing: Matthew Taylor (with Karolina's help ;) )
Ecovolunteering: Archelon, Greece - June 2017
In June 2017, I volunteered for a month with Archelon, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece. Archelon has several projects around Greece, and I was in Chania, Crete. The volunteering work had two sides to it: one monitoring side, which consisted in walking along the beaches before sunrise looking for and protecting sea turtle nests, and one public awareness side, which mainly consisted in informing tourists and raising funds either at a kiosk in the old town or in hotels.
Check out my website to read about my volunteering projects this year!
Music: Way Back When, Kodaline
ARCHELON - Protecting sea turtles in Koroni
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ARCHELON - Sea Turtles nests 2010, in Greece .wmv
ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, every year does an effort to improve its projects. During 2010 nesting season all nest locations were precisely recorded with the help of GPS devices. A result of this was to have the geographical coordinates of all turtle nests made at the nesting areas of Greece, i.e. in Laganas Bay (6 beaches), in Kyparissia Bay, in Lakonikos Bay (index area: Mavrovouni beach), in Rethymno, in Bay of Chania (index area: beach sectors H & L), in Messaras Bay (index sectors: A & B), and in Koroni. This significant novelty aims in better protection of nests as well as to find out why turtles prefer specific beach sectors to lay their eggs. The recorded nests during 2010 are presented in this video created by Tom Riggall, ARCHELON's Monitoring Supervisor in 2010.
Archelon Sea Turtle Protection Society
The Archelon Sea Turtle Protection Society has worked tirelessly over the last twenty five years to ensure the survival of Greece's sea turtle population. For more videos on Athens visit
US Embassy partners with NGO Archelon on Sea Turtle Protection!
During the summer, dozens of American university students, many of them studying marine biology, volunteer at ΑΡΧΕΛΩΝ (the official Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece.) In addition to the long-term volunteers, many high-school students visit Archelon, both at the Rescue Center in Glyfada and at other centers of the organization in Crete and the Peloponnese, through the People to People Ambassador Program. The students spend a day at the center volunteering and learning more about sea protection.
As part of U.S. EMBASSY ATHENS efforts to increase awareness of the U.S. National Ocean Policy, we partnered with the Archelon to produce a video to highlight our ocean policy, American collaboration with Greek civil society, and volunteerism.
We hope you enjoy!
Volunteer for ARCHELON
ARCHELON (the sea turtle protection society of Greece) is a NGO which has been running for the last 34 years, and aids to help the conservation and preservation of the Loggerhead sea turtles on the nesting beaches around Greece. Here some past and present volunteers share some of their stories about why they loved volunteering with ARCHELON, how conservation is really important, and why you should volunteer too!
For more information or if you are interesting in volunteering for ARCHELON (the sea turtle protection society of Greece), please visit:
Archelon Camp Tour
Tour of the Archelon Camp.
ARCHELON: 500 volunteers work for sea turtles, every summer in Greece
ARCHELON at a glimpse
Since 1983, the primary objective of ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece has been to protect the sea turtles and their habitats in Greece through monitoring and research, developing and implementing management plans, habitat restoration, raising public awareness and rehabilitating sick and injured turtles.
ARCHELON is a Partner to the UNEP/Mediterranean Action Plan and the European Union for the Conservation of the Coasts (EUCC). Members of ARCHELON participate in the IUCN/Marine Turtle Specialist Group and contribute to the formulation of the international strategy for the conservation of sea turtles.
ARCHELON works closely with state agencies, the local authorities, institutions, other NGOs, fishermen and local inhabitants in order to mitigate and reverse population reduction of sea turtles. Certain projects are co-funded by the European Commission. Priority is given to the elaboration and implementation of integrated management plans in the major loggerhead nesting areas in Greece (Zakynthos, Bays of Kyparissia and Lakonikos, and Crete). On Zakynthos ARCHELON conducts its projects under an agreement with the National Marine Park. Pilot sand dune restoration projects have been carried out behind nesting beaches.
• ARCHELON relies heavily on voluntary work. Every year over 500 volunteers from all over the world are invited to help with the work on the nesting beaches and the Rescue Centre.
• Every summer the major nesting areas in Greece (Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete), totalling about 75 kilometres are daily monitored.
• Every year over 2,500 nests are protected against human threats, predation and sea inundation.
• Nearly 5.000turtles have been tagged in order to monitor their movements in the sea. Recently satellite transmitters have been used.
• Over 50 injured or sick turtles are treated every year at the Rescue Centre at Glyfada (Athens).
• Three permanent and 10 seasonal stations are operated by ARCHELON on Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete.
• About 200,000 tourists are directly contacted through ARCHELON's diverse programmes every year
• Over 12,000 students participate every year in the educational programmes.
• ARCHELON participates in four Management Agencies of protected areas (National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Amvrakikos Bay, Mesolonghi Lagoon and Strofylia-Kotychi Lagoons) where sea turtle habitats are found.
Archelon Zakynthos 2011
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Archelon Trip 2009
My trip to Greece last year to work at Archelon the sea turtle protection society of greece.
Where they were protecting the Loggerhead Sea Turtle and I was there for 2 months and if anyone is interested in volunteering then you'll find the website at the end of the vid
Seaturtles in Crete
Archelon helps seaturtles in Greese, and People from all over the world comes to help.
ARCHELON TAGGING WORK IN AMVRAKIKOS BAY
The project, run by ARCHELON's long time volunteer and past Scientific Officer Mr ALan Rees, consists mainly of capturing the turtles in the water, by jumping on them from a small boat, and measuring and tagging them. The last expedition was realized from 8 through 11 September 2010, with the valuable assistance of Pavlos Tsaros (coordinator of the Rescue Centre), Tom Riggall (field leader in Kyparissia Bay project), and Rob Newman (field leader in Zakynthos project)
ARCHELON 'Kyp-life 08' part 4
This video is made by David Vuylsteke. It shows a part of the summer 2008 in Kyparissia (Elaia) where I was volunteering for ARCHELON. It was my intention to give everyone who was involved a good memory and to thank them for this experience.
Experience ARCHELON (Zakynthos, 2015)
A snapshot of the lives of volunteers for ARCHELON in Zakynthos, 2015. ARCHELON is the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece which endeavors to conserve Sea Turtles and their habitats throughout Greece.
For more, including how to volunteer, visit archelon.gr
Further video information:
Night Surveys:
Turtles usually come onto nesting beaches at night to lay their eggs, when it is cooler and safer. They are less sensitive to red light, which is what ARCHELON uses during Night Surveys, carried out under specific, strict conditions. Please do not access nesting beaches at night as they are easily disturbed and may abort their eggs in the sea if interrupted.
Morning Surveys:
The turtles seen here laying their eggs during daylight are rare occurrences when turtles emerge in the early morning and still happen to be nesting as the sun rises. Usually, the only evidence that a turtle has been on a beach the previous night are the tracks that they leave.
Relocations:
ARCHELON moves nests, egg by egg, only when the nest in its original location is doomed - for example when it is too close to the sea and the eggs will drown. Only trained volunteers may perform this delicate procedure where great care is taken to not damage any of the eggs.
Adult release:
Turtles found to be sick or injured are transported to the Sea Turtle Rescue Centre in Glyfada, Athens where they are rehabilitated. After some time under observation, healthy turtles are then selected for release. It is possible to sponsor a turtle currently receiving treatment - head to the website above for more details.
Hatchlings (baby turtles):
These also usually emerge at night when it is cooler and the risk of predation is lower. Again, sometimes there are stragglers. If you do see a hatchling during the day, it is important to not touch them. They need to make the journey to the sea unaided to stretch their flipper muscles before they can swim. Clear away hot sand in front of them and shade them with your body or a towel etc. so they do not overheat. Do not use flash photography as this may lead to disorientation.
Excavations:
When a nest has finished hatching, the contents are removed to see how many eggs successfully hatched and to find out why some didn’t. Unhatched eggs are opened to see if there was any development or if the egg was perhaps unfertilized. A safe amount of time is left before excavating to ensure that there is no risk of disturbing eggs that may still be incubating.
Archelon Zakynthos - 2017
Team Greece 2009 - caretta caretta!
Video snapshot of the Leeds Met international volunteering 'Team Greece' experience 2009, saving the endangered Loggerhead Turtles at Rethymno, Crete with the ARCHELON project.
The Gigantic Sea Turtle - Archelon
In today's video, I'll be discussing the gigantic, prehistoric sea turtle the size of a car- Archelon! Be sure to like this video if you liked it, and share it with all your friends so you'll look smart.
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